The introductory paragraph for the Aloha Theatre says that the Century Theatre across the street from it has been destroyed. Not so, as ken mc has posted recent photos of the Century’s building (linked on its page) which now houses an upholstery supply company.

I said above that in ken mc’s recent photos of this former theatre (linked in his comment of June 16 this year) the building looks as though it had been converted to a theatre from retail space. Ken’s comment of August 13 reveals that the building housed a theatre at least as far back as 1925. There’s still a possibility that the building began as retail space though. A Los Angeles planning department report available in .pdf from the department’s zone information system (search on building address) says that the building was erected in 1910.

My grandparents rented and operated this theatre from 1935 to 1937. My dad recalls the name to be the May Theatre. My grandfather was the projectionists, grandmother was the ticket seller, my uncle (9-10 years) was the usher and my father (5-6 years old) would stay in a room next to the ticket window. My dad recalls seating of about 400-500 seats, not as big the Century theatre across the street.

This house was built in 1913. The December 2, 1912, issue of Southwest Contractor & Manufacturer had an item saying that a permit had been issued for construction of a one-story brick theater at 6010 Moneta Street. The plans were by architects Miller & Hart, presumably not a major firm, given their address on West 28th Street.